PENDERGRASS, Ga. — One woman died and two men are being treated for their burns after a house fire in Jackson County.
The fire started around 3:45 a.m. Wednesday at a home on Park Street in Pendergrass.
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The West Jackson Fire Department said its units and others from the Jackson County Correctional Fire Department got a call about someone trapped inside the home.
When firefighters arrived, there was a heavy fire. Crews rescued one person from inside the house.
Chief Ben Stephens told Channel 2 Action News that a woman in her 60s died at the scene.
Jackson County EMS transported the other victims, a 44-year-old man and a 27-year-old man, to the hospital.
Both have moderate to severe burns, according to Stephens.
No firefighters were injured.
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